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Continue reading →: Silicon Valley, You Are Officially On NoticeLogically, you know certain things happen, racism, sexism, those sorts of things. You know they’re out there. But over time – and over exposure – you become desensitized to them. They may even stop being a daily pain point. Maybe your circumstances change, and you’re lucky enough to remove yourself…
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Continue reading →: The Association between Diversity and Controversy Is Played OutSometimes I find the idea of diversity as a controversial topic utterly ridiculous. The so-called controversy is mostly about people’s inability or unwillingness to deal with discomfort. Without quoting a bunch of hard stats related to the composition of the population, the immense purchasing power of minority groups, the mélange…
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Continue reading →: Bill Cosby All, Women Everywhere ZeroSo, the big news this week is, Bill Cosby got off. Not because he was innocent of three charges of aggravated indecent assault, but because the jury members deciding his fate were hopelessly deadlocked, which resulted in a mistrial. One CNN article that I read said the language of the…
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Continue reading →: Steve Scalise and His Black SaviorsIn the wake of Wednesday’s shooting in Alexandria, Virginia where Congressman Steve Scalise and several others were injured, there has been much commentary about the black officers hailed as heroes for killing shooter James Hodgkinson. Once such piece was Son of Baldwin’s narrative “Let Them Fucking Die.” When I managed…
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Continue reading →: Wonder Woman Is Still Just a WomanWarning: Spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned. I saw Wonder Woman, finally. I’d been waiting for it to drop for months. It’s just the kind of film I like, action, war, heroes and a bit of the supernatural. There was also the added thrill of an iconic female character, played by…
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Continue reading →: 3 Ways You Can Tell a Company Isn’t Sincere about DiversityDiversity is an extremely contentious word. So volatile, in fact, if you say it in mixed company I’d say there’s a fair chance that responses will run the gamut from positive to negative, or the room will start to clear. To clarify, people are either all for it because they…
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Continue reading →: Google, Just Come Clean AlreadyThere’s nothing worse than a leader who refuses to admit when he or she is wrong. That goes for companies too. If you’re a leader in your industry, a household name, whatever, that does not make you perfect – that just makes you popular. Therefore, if you do something wrong,…
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Continue reading →: Leaders Can Learn a Lot from Working MomsMotherhood, despite the challenging, multi-faceted, always-on nature of the gig, is not a job we would typically associate with leadership. Worse, when discussed in a workplace context, motherhood is usually a negative. But when I read Moira Forbes’ “7 Leadership Lessons You Can Learn From Working Mothers” this week, I saw things…
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Continue reading →: These Days, Are Companies Too Scared of Litigation?You shouldn’t be able to sue so easily these days. It’s too easy and too punitive. I’m not saying it’s not necessary. Of course, it is. There are company cultures that actively breed employee mistreatment. In those organizations bias is as common as bathroom breaks, and it’s just as institutionalized.…
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